[CHECKLIST] Use This Before Restoring/Upgrading/Downgrading

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Note: this won't look great, I don't have my MBP to make segments bold and underlined and colorful for easy reading so bare with me until I get to edit this.

Doesn't matter if you've done this stuff 100 times or if this is your first time, you're bound to miss something. This Checklist is to make sure you don't miss any steps so you can avoid errors (or worse, messing your device up more than it already is) and get it right the first time. Or the second time [IMG]http://*****i.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/IMG] Not having to spend 3 hours a night on it is the goal here. Even I forget something or accidentally skip steps [IMG]http://*****i.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/IMG]

Now, all of this requires SHSHs to be saved so if you don't have them, this will be of no use to you! If you have a functional device as of now and you are *NOT* on 4.3.4/4.2.9+ and you have no SHSHs saved as of now ... you still have hope. How? This is included in the following post. REMEMBER, this is not meant to be a detailed guide to walk you through the entire process. If you have NO IDEA or very LITTLE IDEA of the process or what you need, I encourage you to view the other sticky that was meant to guide you step by step (it would help if you also google some more illustrated, detailed guides as well). You can find the other sticky HERE.

**I am excluding 4.3.4 and 4.3.5 (VZW 4.2.9 and 4.2.10) bc those are silly useless fw updates that nobody should be updating to anyway.**

Ready, Set, Go!
[COLOR=*****Brown]Restoring to *STOCK* Firmware With Known SHSHs Saved Already[/COLOR]

Checklist:
1) TinyUmbrella
2) Your Stock FW
3) Updated iTunes
4) Run TU. Click Save SHSHs. Then start TSS Server
5) Open iTunes after #4
6) Hold Shift (Option on Mac)+Click Restore
7) Select stock fw

Restoring to *STOCK* firmware that you are *CURRENTLY ON* Without Known SHSHs Saved Already

Checklist:
1) iFaith
2) Your Stock Firmware (that you're currently on)
3) Updated iTunes
4) Redsn0w 0.9.6rc19
5) TinyUmbrella
6) Dump SHSHs with iFaith
7) Create signed custom firmware with iFaith
8) Redsn0w for Pwned DFU mode
9) Open TU for TSS Server
10) Open iTunes after #9
11) Shift (Option for Mac) + Restore to signed custom fw

Restoring to *CUSTOM* Firmware With Known SHSHs Saved Already

Checklist:
1) TinyUmbrella
2) Redsn0w 0.9.6rc19 + Stock FW
3) Your Custom Firmware
4) Updated iTunes
5) Pwned DFU mode with Redsn0w+Stock FW
6) Run TinyUmbrella's TSS Server
7) Open iTunes after #6
8) Shift (Option on Mac) + Restore to your Custom FW